i've installed a 32 bit windows 7 because i wanted something not too old but have a low ram consumption since curently my NAS has only 2GB ram, thats why i went for a 32 bit OS.

The config i went by on the vm is single cpu, 1 gb ram, 20gb hdd.

I've worked with virtual machines under windows with virtual red hat 9 (long time ago) and widnows 2003 server and performance was good enough.

The issue im having is that after installing the OS and the Guest Tools the machine is friggin slow, but friggin like... **, level slow, hope host doesnt censore me xD (swearing necessary for dramatic purposes) i mean, 15 minutes reboot, at the virtualization station the machine cpu is sitting at 5-6% while inside the system the cpu is at 100% with just one web browser opened.

Is this to be expected? Should i've done something different? i'm a bit underwelmed tbh :c

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It is a recommended to use RAID and have external backups. RAID will protect you from disk failure, keep your system running, and data accessible while the disk is replaced and the RAID rebuilt. Backups will allow you to recover data that is lost or corrupted, or from system failure. One does not replace the other.

A sysadmin that doesn’t reveal all troubleshooting steps. Good luck figuring out the issue.

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It is a recommended to use RAID and have external backups. RAID will protect you from disk failure, keep your system running, and data accessible while the disk is replaced and the RAID rebuilt. Backups will allow you to recover data that is lost or corrupted, or from system failure. One does not replace the other.

I'm pretty sure the memory requirements for the system needs more than 1.5GB when Virtualisation station is in use. the reason your NAS is at 100% is it is fighting for resources. put some more memory in your NAS.

when installing Virtualisation station I think it runs a check and tells you your minimum requirements like so:

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